The Philly Occasional
The Philly Occasional, John Muse, Sharon Garbe, Katie Dillon Low, Elizabeth Johnson, Andrea Kirsh, Patrick Coué, Richard M Torchia, Tom Csaszar, gerard f brown, Virginia MaksymowiczFresh from Philadelphia, observations about art and life from seasoned arts writers. Publishing occasionally, and, on occasion, more than that. Topics include culture, art, life, politics, newsy bits and fun. Direct from the keyboard to you.
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Hello from The Philly Occasional (No. 6)
Public Domain Image Archive / Philadelphia Museum of Art.
It’s September when life feels full of opportunities to stretch, even if you aren’t returning to school. The Philly Occasional is stretching, too: we’re now on Instagram. But who ar...
Navigating Politics: Reflections on Three Pieces
Truths have perhaps not appeared that self-evident since the Declaration of Independence. Two hundred and fifty years later, tyranny is alive and thriving, thanks for asking. Despotism seems to be a default form of government worldwide. The...
It’s Not Me, It’s You
Photo by Katie Dillon Low
The sudden announcement of the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences is just one more of the many particularly hard blows that Philadelphia arts and culture has faced over the last 6 years. What used to be a...
Odili Donald Odita’s “Songs from Life”
“Songs from Life” by Odili Donald Odita covers the walls and columns of the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art. Brightly colored geometries form a backdrop and stage set for the movements of visitors through the ticketing and entrance to the...
The Hands That Feed Them
Pictures in Motion: Celebrating Cirque Calder at Calder Gardens; Thursday, June 11–Monday, August 3
Calder Gardens staff have rightly scolded me a few times: I was told not to blow on the mobile Thirty-Two Discs, 1951: “visitors aren’t all...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Writers weigh in on art in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Publishing occasionally, and, on occasions.
John Muse writes criticism, makes experimental films, paintings, and installation works, and teaches visual studies at Haverford College.
Sculptor, writer, geometry enthusiast, admirer of small mammals.
I'm crazy.
Oil painter, art writer and guest curator in Eastern PA. elizabethjohnsonart.com. Paintings that mix distorted, jumbled images of people, landscapes and seascapes.
Art Historian, Arts Administrator, Curator, Writer
hello in the making
Richard Torchia is an artist and an independent curator.
Tom Csaszar is an artist, writer, and educator based in Philadelphia for forty years.
Virginia Maksymowicz is a sculptor and arts writer who lives and works in Philadelphia. She has written for Philadelphia Artblog, Sculpture Magazine, Leonardo, Art & Artists, and many other publications.
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